Some good, some bad

We continually hear stories about violence and war and scandal, but we don't always hear about White-collar issues like banking and taxation or about good developments. I try to sometimes write about these. The following are a sample of both.

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Why does Los Angeles spend more on Wall Street fees than on fixing its own roads?

http://pando.com/2014/05/06/los-angeles-now-spending-more-on-wall-street-fees-than-on-maintaining-roads/?utm_source=PandoDigest&utm_campaign=210e311d6d-PandoDigest_December_9_2013_copy_09_12_11_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2f01c2729e-210e311d6d-81037657

If everyone believes in a free market then why do we subsidize so many large profitable businesses?

http://www.juancole.com/2014/05/subsidies-trillion-according.html

If the individuals who lead our major corporations are patriots, then why do they hide so much company profit overseas to avoid taxes?

http://www.salon.com/2014/06/17/wal_marts_sham_transaction_how_giant_corporations_are_quietly_dodging_u_s_taxes/

http://firedoglake.com/2014/06/06/majority-of-fortune-500-using-offshore-tax-schemes-to-hide-90-billion/

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/01-5

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/09/us-britain-usa-tax-insight-idUSKBN0EK0BF20140609

Fortunately, there are some people working to benefit everyone:

http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-create-a-cancer-drug-that-helps-the-body-fight-the-disease-naturally-2014-6

http://www.mintpressnews.com/solar-wind-will-cheaper-nukes-end-decade-greenpeace/192426/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-wind-will-cheaper-nukes-end-decade-greenpeace

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/27/3441782/carbon-reductions-from-wind-energy/

http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-create-a-cancer-drug-that-helps-the-body-fight-the-disease-naturally-2014-6